Adobe Updates Lightroom 4.1 Beta, Adds HDR, Camera Support

Adobe is in the final stages of testing the forthcoming Lightroom 4.1 update, offering Release Candidate 2 on its Adobe Labs website for free download. The self-expiring test release corrects issues reported from the first release candidate and initial 4.1 test release. The company took the opportunity to add further RAW file format support for some additional cameras, new controls to correct color fringing and support for HDR files.

Color fringing is an chromatic aberration seen on many cameras where the lens has difficulty focusing all colors to the same convergence point....